Web Opening Summary
This output provides a summary of the design of every web opening in every steel beam in the structure.
The Web Opening Criteria section lists the Criteria used in the design, including the stiffener Fy and minimum stiffener dimensions and increments.
The Web Opening section list, for each Floor Type, the web openings in each beam.
The opening configuration is listed:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Dist | Distance from left end of beam to center of opening. |
| Shp | Shape of opening, either Rectangular or Circular. |
| H/Dia | Length of rectangular opening or diameter of circular opening. |
| B | Height of rectangular opening. |
| Position to | If the opening is centered on the beam, this will say "Centered Center", otherwise if it is offset it will list the offset (vertical) distance from the top of the beam to either the top, center or bottom of the opening, as indicated. |
The stiffener information is listed. If there are no stiffeners "---" is shown for each value:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Width | Width of stiffeners. |
| Thick | Thickness of stiffeners. |
| Length | Length of stiffeners. |
| Sides | Number of sides of the beam that stiffeners occur. 1 indicates that there is a pair of stiffeners (one top, one bottom) on one side of the beam only; 2 indicates that there is a pair of stiffeners on both sides of the beam. |
| Weld | Fillet weld size, each side of stiffener. |
If the opening design fails, "Fail" will be listed next to the opening.
Notes of additional design or detailing requirements is also listed.